The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans; With Critical Notes and Dissertations Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... Messiah of the Jews, --the Son of God, in whom all are one, --who died and rose again for the sins of men, --who shall come in the day of the Lord. There is no reason to think that historical facts were supernaturally imparted to him; for these he appeals to the witness of the "Apostles who were before him." The revelation of which he is here speaking is of another kind, moral and spiritual, rather than historical, --a revelation of Christ in him, as the expression in this passage implies, --not external information brought to him. It was the first of many revelations about himself, --2 Cor. xii. 1--9.; Acts, xxiii. 11., --and about his mission to the Gentiles, --Acts, xvi. 6. 9., xxii. 17., --of which he was the subject during his whole life. Knowledge came to him out of the course of nature, "not of man, nor by man: " the word of Christ was the lightning which "melted him, and the mould in which he was cast." 4op-rrtt has a double meaning: first, a literal and physical one; secondly, that of which this is the figure, --a spiritual one: --"Who took me out of my mother's womb, and separated me; or whose separation of me at my birth was the image of my separation unto himself." iK refers to time. For the general meaning compare Jer. i. 5.: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou eamest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations;" and Is. xliv. 2.; also note on Rom. i. 1. 1i. airoKavpai Tov W-oc Comp. the expression used respecting the Galatians: "Before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth (irpoiypaptj) crucified." iv tio/, in my inmost soul, not simply for Ipol. Comp. ji pleased God, who from my mother's womb...